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(#) Extraneous text in resource files

!!! ERROR: Extraneous text in resource files
   This is an error.

Id
:   `ExtraText`
Summary
:   Extraneous text in resource files
Severity
:   Error
Category
:   Correctness
Platform
:   Android
Vendor
:   Android Open Source Project
Feedback
:   https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
:   Initial
Affects
:   Manifest files and resource files
Editing
:   This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
Implementation
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExtraTextDetector.kt)
Tests
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExtraTextDetectorTest.kt)
Copyright Year
:   2011

Non-value resource files should only contain elements and attributes.
Any XML text content found in the file is likely accidental (and
potentially dangerous if the text resembles XML and the developer
believes the text to be functional).

(##) Example

Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
AndroidManifest.xml:7:Error: Unexpected text found in manifest file:
"android:label="Android AdServices" android:forceQueryable="true"
android:directBootAware="true">" [ExtraText]
    android:label="Android AdServices"
    ^
res/drawable/icon.xml:1:Warning: Unexpected text found in drawable file:
">" [ExtraText]
&lt;shape&gt;&gt;
       -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here are the relevant source files:

`AndroidManifest.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;manifest
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.android.adservices.api"&gt;

    &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" /&gt;
    &lt;application&gt;
        android:label="Android AdServices"
        android:forceQueryable="true"
        android:directBootAware="true"&gt;
    &lt;/application&gt;
    `
&lt;/manifest&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`res/drawable/icon.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;shape&gt;&gt;
  &lt;item&gt;&lt;/item&gt;&gt;
&lt;/shape&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`res/values/strings.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;resources&gt;
    &lt;string name="test"&gt;Test&lt;/string&gt; &lt;!-- Text is allowed in value resource files --&gt;
&lt;/resources&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`res/xml/myfile.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;foo&gt;
    Test &lt;!-- Text is allowed in xml and raw folder files --&gt;
&lt;/foo&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/ExtraTextDetectorTest.kt)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.

(##) Suppressing

You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:

* Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="ExtraText"` on the
  problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements). You may
  also need to add the following namespace declaration on the root
  element in the XML file if it's not already there:
  `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`.

* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
  the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
  like this:
  ```xml
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;lint&gt;
      &lt;issue id="ExtraText" severity="ignore" /&gt;
  &lt;/lint&gt;
  ```
  Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
  example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
  documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
  so on
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).

* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
  example, you can use something like
  ```gradle
  lintOptions {
      disable 'ExtraText'
  }
  ```
  In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
  block.

* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
  ```
  $ lint --ignore ExtraText ...`
  ```

* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).

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